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Hi-Point pistol goes Skydiving
Am Shooting Journal ^ | 9/3/2019 | J Westin

Posted on 09/03/2019 5:02:12 AM PDT by w1n1

Gun Stress Test at a Higher Level - Hi-Point pistol has been known to take a beating anywhere from running it into the mud to having it run over by a truck and still keeps on running.
Will a Hi-Point pistol work if dropped from a helicopter? Well, this is what Edwin Sarkissian did. Check out this skydiving Hi-Point pistol that was "dropped once".

Love them or hate them Hi-Point pistols are here to stay. Some people swear by them as an economical protection handgun while others swear at them. Are they that tough?
In this video we see a Hi-Point pistol get chucked out of a helicopter. It hits the ground and is found after some searching. Testing the pistol afterwards Edwin Sarkissian finds the trigger will not work and the pistol is done.

Is this a thing to consider when making a purchase? To some this may be a driving point if they’re looking for durability and reliability. However, there has to be a line of which stress test is worth knowing about that is likely to happen in the real-world. Chucking a pistol out of a helicopter at 1000 ft. and retrieving it to use may not be a realistic scenario.

If nothing else this video was quite fun to watch. When was the last time you’ve seen a flying Hi-Point pistol? Read and see the rest of skydiving Hi-Point pistol.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; hipoint; stupidshitwithguns
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1 posted on 09/03/2019 5:02:12 AM PDT by w1n1
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To: w1n1

Before I purchase a firearm I always test its durability by throwing it out of a helicopter at 1,000 feet......


2 posted on 09/03/2019 5:21:30 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
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To: w1n1

....bought one in .40 S&W at a gun show several years ago; ugly as a mud fence but when I pull the trigger it always goes “BANG”... not as easy to field-strip to clean as some other handguns I own but once you get the hang of it, it is pretty easy... also comes with a lifetime warranty...!!


3 posted on 09/03/2019 5:23:00 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: TokarevM57
You didn't read the fine print:

Warranty is VOID if pistol is thrown from a helicopter.

4 posted on 09/03/2019 5:31:00 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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To: w1n1

Someone please correct me if I’m wrong but a stryker fired weapon won’t have a trigger pull and go “click” if there is no round in the chamber.


5 posted on 09/03/2019 5:44:33 AM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: real saxophonist

But ok if “dropped” just don’t throw it.


6 posted on 09/03/2019 5:45:10 AM PDT by databoss
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To: w1n1

This is kind of like the test of the weapon where you put in on a Break Dancing FBI Agent.


7 posted on 09/03/2019 5:47:03 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: 1FreeAmerican

Yes it will.


8 posted on 09/03/2019 5:47:34 AM PDT by wrench
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To: w1n1

I’m hard put to think of anything metal that will survive a 1000-foot drop and still function. I daresay even a main battle tank would be non-functional, despite that thick armor.


9 posted on 09/03/2019 5:48:45 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: real saxophonist
Warranty is VOID if pistol is thrown from a helicopter.

Not true, kemosabe.

Hi-Point will fix or replace any firearm they've ever made, no questions asked, no matter who owns it.

They'll even throw in a free mag when they ship your firearm back to you.

10 posted on 09/03/2019 5:50:29 AM PDT by Windflier (Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

Joke detector turned off this morning? 8~)


11 posted on 09/03/2019 5:52:14 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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To: w1n1
Plagiarized again.
12 posted on 09/03/2019 6:06:29 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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To: w1n1
People say that Hi-Points are the ugliest guns on the market. As an owner, I have to agree - but there's a solution:

Hightower Armory's MBS 95 bullpup replacement stock

It comes in five different shades, as well.

https://www.hightowerarmory.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=HTAMBS95%2DFDES

Factory stock:

13 posted on 09/03/2019 6:06:40 AM PDT by Windflier (Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

“Before I purchase a firearm I always test its durability by throwing it out of a helicopter at 1,000 feet......”
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I want to do the same “robustness” test to our new high-end flat screen TV but my wife won’t let me.


14 posted on 09/03/2019 6:07:49 AM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: real saxophonist
Joke detector turned off this morning? 8~)

My brain doesn't recognize humor until after the second cup of coffee ;-)

15 posted on 09/03/2019 6:08:56 AM PDT by Windflier (Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: wrench

My friends Hi-Point 45 will not go click without a round in the chamber. Rack the slide without a round and trigger does nothing - acts like the safety is on.


16 posted on 09/03/2019 6:31:59 AM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: KC Burke

You breaking into the FBI’s “fuhgidaboutit” Box !!


17 posted on 09/03/2019 6:37:11 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: Hot Tabasco; All

Yup. An people who write these stupid articles should jump out of an aircraft without a parachute.


18 posted on 09/03/2019 7:07:36 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: w1n1

The duct taped camera introduced stresses that the gun wasn’t designed to handle.
I know of one that was dropped 500 feet and was run over by an armored vehicle. Still works fine. Still ugly.


19 posted on 09/03/2019 7:41:38 AM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: 1FreeAmerican

Depends on the firearm. My striker-fired Glocks will go “click” once, but require cycling the slide to reset the trigger.


20 posted on 09/03/2019 8:19:05 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
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